WRC News Solberg earns full-time Rally1 seat with Toyota Oliver Solberg will replace Kalle Rovanperä at Toyota for the 2026 World Rally Championship in an otherwise unchanged lineup. That means the Swede will team… Read more by Luke Barry November 10, 2025 2 min
WRC News Fourmaux’s view on Hyundai without Tänak There’s little doubt Ott Tänak’s exit from Hyundai for the 2026 World Rally Championship season will weaken the team. Not just because Tänak is a… Read more by Luke Barry November 9, 2025 2 min
WRC News Hyundai reacts to Tänak’s decision Hyundai Motorsport president and team principal Cyril Abiteboul ‘understands’ Ott Tänak’s decision to step away from the World Rally Championship next season. Just hours after… Read more by Luke Barry November 9, 2025 2 min
WRC News Tänak to take a break from the WRC Ott Tänak will take a break from the World Rally Championship at the end of the 2025 season. The Estonian, who won the world title… Read more by Luke Barry November 9, 2025 2 min
WRC News How Fourmaux is defying his team-mates’ Japan struggles Ott Tänak is over a minute off the lead. Thierry Neuville is over a minute and a half off the lead. Toyota has won every… Read more by Luke Barry November 7, 2025 3 min
WRC News Ogier first, Evans third and Rovanperä 17th in Japan Sébastien Ogier produced a near-perfect performance to lead Rally Japan after Friday ahead of Toyota team-mates Takamoto Katsuta and Elfyn Evans. Fellow Toyota pilot Kalle… Read more by Luke Barry November 7, 2025 3 min
WRC News Ogier leads Evans in Japan as Rovanperä falters Sébastien Ogier leads Rally Japan from Elfyn Evans as their World Rally Championship title rival Kalle Rovanperä hit trouble. Rovanperä had led the event overnight… Read more by Luke Barry November 7, 2025 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä’s WRC title bid takes a hit in Japan Kalle Rovanperä’s World Rally Championship title bid is in jeopardy as he damaged his rear suspension on the third stage of Rally Japan. The Finn has won… Read more by Luke Barry November 7, 2025 2 min
WRC News Ogier’s enviable position in WRC title race With Toyota’s manufacturers’ championship secured, it’s every man for himself as the race to be 2025 World Rally champion intensifies at Rally Japan. Elfyn Evans is… Read more by Luke Barry November 6, 2025 3 min
WRC News Tänak and Neuville already focusing on 2026 Two rounds still remain of the 2025 World Rally Championship, but Hyundai drivers Ott Tänak and Thierry Neuville both have their focus on 2026 instead…. Read more by Luke Barry November 6, 2025 3 min
WRC News Rovanperä leads Rally Japan after short opening day Kalle Rovanperä seized the overnight lead of Rally Japan after Thursday’s short opening stage. The 1.7-mile Kuragaike Park test is not completely typical of what to expect… Read more by Luke Barry November 6, 2025 2 min
WRC News Evans tops Toyota 1-2-3 in Japan shakedown World Rally Championship leader Elfyn Evans topped the Rally Japan shakedown stage in a Toyota 1-2-3. Leading the standings by 13 points ahead of this… Read more by Luke Barry November 6, 2025 2 min
WRC News Neuville’s unusual outlook for Rally Japan His title defense is over, and Hyundai’s manufacturers’ quest ended in Central Europe too. By all accounts, you’d expect outgoing world champion Thierry Neuville to… Read more by Luke Barry November 4, 2025 2 min
WRC News Meeke to drive a BMW M3 at Killarney Historic Rally Since he was last there he’s won five World Rally Championship events, claimed an Intercontinental Rally Challenge title as well as a Portuguese national crown,… Read more by Luke Barry November 3, 2025 2 min
WRC News Rovanperä reflects on his first Formula 2 test Kalle Rovanperä has identified the biggest challenge of his circuit-racing switch for 2026, having completed a two-day test in a Formula 2 car last week…. Read more by Luke Barry November 3, 2025 3 min
WRC News Katsuta: Japan win not impossible The manufacturers’ title is already wrapped; three of its drivers are firmly in contention for the drivers’ prize – 2025 is shaping up to be… Read more by Luke Barry November 1, 2025 2 min
WRC News Abiteboul’s ideas to stop WRC ‘progressively shrinking’ More than most, Cyril Abiteboul knows what’s needed in this situation. He sat through some very similar conversations when a new promoter walked through the door… Read more by Luke Barry October 31, 2025 3 min
Learn Features A three-month journey from rally fan to rally driver Rallying is an art form in its purest sense. Strip it all back and what you’re witnessing is a relationship between the car and the… Read more by Luke Barry October 30, 2025 5 min
